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Thursday, November 06, 2014

Burns, Massaro Join NBC's NASCAR Coverage Team

NBC Sports Group has reached agreement with motorsports
reporters Dave Burns and Mike Massaro to join NBC’s 2015 NASCAR
coverage team. In addition to covering pit road during Sprint Cup and
XFINITY Series action on NBC and NBCSN, Massaro and Burns will contribute to NASCAR
AMERICA on NBCSN, as well as handle assignments throughout various NBC
Sports properties. The announcement was made today by Sam Flood, Executive Producer, NBC
Sports and NBCSN.

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Dave Burns

“We’ve known Dave Burns for a long time, and are excited
to welcome back his ability to make strong contributions,” said Flood. “Dave
was a member of NBC Sports’ Emmy Award-wining NASCAR broadcast team during our
last partnership, and brings extensive knowledge and experience into his role.”

“Mike Massaro has developed into a talented reporter and
host, with great relationships that have formed over the course of two decades
in motorsports,” said Flood. “We’re happy to welcome him to NBC Sports and are
looking forward to his work on pit road, as well as his contributions to NASCAR
AMERICA on NBCSN.”

Burns has more than 25 years of motorsports experience,
having covered everything from NASCAR Sprint Cup to Sports Cars at LeMans,
Daytona and Sebring, to SuperBikes, Formula cars and Legends. His on-air
career began as a hobby, announcing American Speed Association stock car races.
Radio and television roles with the ASA led to his first NASCAR coverage of
their truck series on ESPN, where he developed the skills that led to his
appointment as one of NBC Sports’ NASCAR pit road reporters in 2001. His
success in that role contributed to NBC Sports’ Outstanding Live Sports Series
Emmy Award for NASCAR coverage in 2006. In 2007, Burns re-joined ESPN,
where he has handled NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage as both a reporter and
announcer over the last eight years. Burns lives in Charlotte, N.C., with
his wife and daughter.

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Mike Massaro

“I feel truly blessed to be back with the NBC Sports
team, or more accurately: NBC Sports family,” said Burns. “NASCAR is
such a cool sport to cover, and I enjoyed a great run of success with NBC from
2001-06. I’ve developed great working relationships throughout NASCAR
over the years, and could not be more excited about the future.”

Massaro also joins NBC Sports from ESPN, where he has
been handling motorsports coverage and other assignments since 2001 as a
reporter during live events and contributing to properties such as SportsCenter
and Outside the Lines. Over the past eight years, Massaro has been
working alongside Burns on pit road during ESPN’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series
coverage. Previously, Massaro served as a reporter for RPM2Night,
and as host/reporter for ESPN2’s NASCAR Now. In his first announcing
duties, he handled the public address system at Stafford Motor Speedway in
upstate Connecticut. From there, he joined MRN Radio, which led to
increased exposure as a reporter for Inside NASCAR on TNN, and
assignments on pit road for NBC and TBS. In 2000, he earned a National
Motorsports Press Association and Russ Catlin Motorsports Journalism Award for
a feature on the late Dale Earnhardt. To date, Massaro has won three Russ
Catlin Motorsports Journalism awards, and four from the NMPA. Massaro
lives outside of Hartford, Conn.

“I’m extremely thankful to have experienced many amazing
things over the last two decades, and this opportunity to join NBC’s NASCAR
coverage is the validation of a dream,” said Massaro. “NBC’s dedication
to storytelling is something that I value and look forward to advancing as part
of the next generation of NASCAR coverage.”